Elevated Tryptase concentration In bronchoalveolar lavage fluid from patients with chronic eosinophilic pneumonia

M. Kondo, E. Tagaya, J. Tamaoki (Tokyo, Japan)

Source: International Congress 2014 – Biomarkers of asthma and clinical immunology
Session: Biomarkers of asthma and clinical immunology
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 1040
Disease area: Airway diseases

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M. Kondo, E. Tagaya, J. Tamaoki (Tokyo, Japan). Elevated Tryptase concentration In bronchoalveolar lavage fluid from patients with chronic eosinophilic pneumonia. Eur Respir J 2014; 44: Suppl. 58, 1040

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